Saint-Bernard de la Chapelle
Neo-gothic Roman Catholic church in Goutte d'Or, France
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Saint-Bernard-de-La-Chapelle (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.bɛʁ.naʁ.də.la.ʃa.pɛl]), is a Neo-Gothic Roman Catholic parish church located at 11 rue Affre in the 18th arrondissement of Paris in the quarter known as he Goutte d'Or It takes its name from Bernard de Clairvaux, a monk from Burgundy in the 12th century who reformed the Cistercian Order. "La Chapelle" was the name of the neighbourhood, and came from a legendary chapel that was believed to have been built there by in 475 by Saint Genevieve over the burial place of Saint Denis, decapitated there in about 250 A.D.
The architect of the new church was Joseph Magne, one of the principal city architects under Napoleon III and his chief city planner Baron Haussmann. Construction of the church started in 1858 and was completed in 1861. The church is considered one of the finest of the Neo-Gothic churches built in Paris in the 19th century.
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